Ianna Thomas, a Guyanese woman who escaped immigration custody on Monday in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, has been recaptured by the authorities.
In a statement, Deputy Chief Immigration Officer Nadia Demming-Hodge confirmed that Thomas was back in Immigration’s custody.
Demming-Hodge added the detainee was recaptured by a caller who provided the information on the detainee’s location. Demming-Hodge thanked the public and caller for assisting with the recapturing of Thomas.
In a press release on Monday Thomas, Demming-Hodge had reported that the Guyanese national escaped from the Immigration Department’s temporary detention facility at Hotel Castle Maria. She was detained there pending repatriation after having arrived in the territory illegally by sea in July, 2022.
